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I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from th

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问题     I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that if it weren’t for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the county. But how realistic is the dream?
    Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous—cooped up at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the world. Strangely enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don’t even say hello to each other.
    Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities. There’s little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on an expedition to the nearest large town. The city-dweller who leaves for the country is often oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet.
    What, then, is the answer? The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off: the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the centre of things, and that life doesn’t come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found a compromise between the two: they have expressed their preference for the "quiet life" by leaving the suburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind—they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages.
    What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring "morning" to the locals as they pass by! I’m keen on the idea, but you see there’s my cat, Toby. I’m not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass. I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm? No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.
We can learn from the first paragraph that the author________.
选项 A、used to live in the country
B、used to work in the city
C、works in the city
D、lives in the country
答案C
解析 本题题干没有关键词，可以根据题目要求定位到第一段。根据原文第一段第二句，作者倘若不是为了工作(if it weren’t for my job )，马上就会投身乡村的广阔空间，在某个隐没于乡镇的宁静村庄(in some sleepy village buried in the county)回归自然。由此可知，作者现在就在城市工作。选项C属于相同含义，故C为正确答案。选项A和选项B文章均未提及，属于无中生有。选项D意为“住在乡村”，如果作者已经住在乡村，就不会说想去乡村了，故选项D属于正反混淆。第一段：作者和众多都市人一样有着乡村梦。
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